Teleological argument
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- Created on: 30-04-13 20:30
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2. Explain Hume's criticism...
- Hume argued that we cannot infer from the fact that examples of order in our universe have human causes (eg. the watch) that the universe as a whole has a cause & has been designed, because the universe is unique. Therefore, because the universe is
- This point takes us to a similar debate we saw with the cosmological argument. We can either accept the existence of God as the cause of the universe, and then accept God’s existence as necessary (ie. always existing);
- the argument of design tells us little about God except God is a design-producing being (albeit an extremely powerful one!). The argument doesn’t allow us to draw any conclusions as to God’s nature or character beyond that.
3. According to the argument....
- A watch needs a designer
- The world is a place of such extraordinary interlocking complexity that the only rational explanation is the presence of an intelligent designer.
- God is necessarily existent
4. Who came up with the Teleological argument?
- Aquinas
- William Paley
- David Hume
5. What is another word for the "Teleological argument"?
- Cosmological argument
- The argument from design
- Paley's watch analogy
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